I got this in an e-mail today. I thought y'all would enjoy it.
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You've got to admire John Glenn.....Still proud to be ex-military!! > > WHAT SENATOR JOHN GLENN SAID: > >
> > > > There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq in > > January. > > In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in > > the > > month of January.That's just one American city, > > about as deadly as the entire war-torn country of > > Iraq. > > > > > > > > When some claim that President Bush shouldn't > > have started this war, state the following: > > > > > > > > a. FDR led us into World War II. > > > > b. Germany never attacked us; Japan did. > > >From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost ... > > an average of 112,500 per year. > > > > > > > > c. Truman finished that war and started one in > > Korea. > > North Korea never attacked us. > > >From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost ... > > an average of 18,334 per year. > > > > d. John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in > > 1962. > > Vietnam never attacked us. > > > > e. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire. > > >From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost > > an average of 5,800 per year. > > > > f. Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or > > French consent. > > Bosnia never attacked us. > > He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter > > three > > times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked > > us on > > multiple occasions. > > > > g. In the years since terrorists attacked us , > > President Bush > > has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, > > crippled > > al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Libya, Iran, and > > North > > Korea without firing a shot, and captured a > > terrorist who > > slaughtered 300,000 of his own people. > > > > > > > > The Democrats are complaining > > about how long the war is taking. > > But > > It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet > > Reno > > to take the Branch Davidian compound. > > That was a 51-day operation. > > > > > > > > We've been looking for evidence for chemical weapons > > in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton > > to find > > the Rose Law Firm billing records. > > > > > > > > It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and > > the > > Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard > > than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police after > > his > > Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick > > > > > > > > It took less time to take Iraq than it took > > to count the votes in Florida!!!! > > > > Our Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB! > > The Military morale is high! > > > > The biased media hopes we are too ignorant > > to realize the facts > > > > > > > > But Wait there's more! > > > > > > > > JOHN GLENN (ON THE SENATE FLOOR) > > Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:13 > > > > > > > > Some people still don't understand why military > > personnel > > do what they do for a living. This exchange between > > Senators John Glenn and Senator Howard Metzenbaum > > is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive > > impromptu speech, but it's also a good example of > > one > > man's explanation of why men and women in the armed > > services do what they do for a living > > > > > > > > This IS a typical, though sad, example of what > > some who have never served think of the military. > > > > > > > > Senator Metzenbaum (speaking to Senator Glenn): > > "How can you run for Senate > > when you've never held a real job?" > > > > > > > > Senator Glenn (D-Ohio): > > "I served 23 years in the United States Marine > > Corps. > > I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions. > > My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 > > different > > occasions. I was in the space program. It wasn't my > > checkbook, Howard; it was my life on the line. It > > was > > not a nine-to-five job, where I took time off to > > take the > > daily cash receipts to the bank." > > > > > > > > "I ask you to go with me ... as I went the other > > day... > > to a veteran's hospital and look those men .. > > with their mangled bodies in the eye, and tell THEM > > they didn't hold a job! > > > > > > > > You go with me to the Space Program at NASA > > and go, as I have gone, to the widows and Orphans > > of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee... > > and you look those kids in the eye and tell them > > that their DADS didn't hold a job. > > > > > > You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in > > Arlington National Cemetery, where I have more > > friends > > buried than I'd like to remember, and you watch > > those waving flags. > > > > > > > > You stand there, and you think about this nation, > > and you tell ME that those people didn't have a job? > > > > What about you?" > > > > > > For those who don't remember > > During WWII, Howard Metzenbaum was an attorney > > representing the Communist Party in the USA. > > > > Now he's a Senator! > > > > > > > > If you can read this, thank a teacher. > > If you are reading it in English thank a Veteran. > > > >
> > It might not be a bad idea to keep this circulating. > >
> > In God we Trust > >"
Edited on: June 28th, 2006 9:05 am
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